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SHALE GAS: BOON FOR HUMANITY OR BANE? BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

The carbon footprint of shale gas is about one-third as high as if coal was burned to produce electricity, says a team of researchers who were obviously offended by the rush-to-block-any-new-fuel “study” of Cornell University’s Robert Howarth. Howarth’s recent widely … Continue reading

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A DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR CONSUMERS, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

U.S. Energy prices have risen to more than 6 percent of consumer spending—which may be a historic “tipping point.” Our food prices, meanwhile, have had their steepest increase in a generation, to about 6.5 percent of spending. That’s a double … Continue reading

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GREEN JOBS OR SHALE GAS? THE NUMBERS TALK, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

The shale gas industry’s boom is creating 100,000 jobs in Pennsylvania during 2010, according to Penn State University. Only a few of these new jobs are on drill rigs; many of those jobs go to highly-skilled oil patch veterans from out of state. But the gas industry’s expansion has created jobs by the tens of thousands in steel production, construction, and services. Continue reading

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